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Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
Preservation staff stepped out of the shadows and into the brights lights of Live! at the Library ahead of Preservation Week 2024.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Conservation, Emergency Preparedness, Events & Outreach, Preservation, Preservation Week, Reformatting, Tangible Media, Tools of the Trade
Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
The following is a guest post from Lillian Williams, 2024 Junior Fellow in the Preservation Services Division. Before I came to the Library of Congress, I excitedly told many people about my upcoming internship and the Unfurling the Reel Deal: A Journey Through Microfilm History project. I got the same two questions each time: …
Posted in: Collections Care, Collections Management, Collections Storage, Internships, Preservation, Reformatting, Tangible Media, Tools of the Trade
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
A Binding Technician takes note of items from the public record finding a place on the Library’s shelves.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Collections Management, Preservation, Tangible Media
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
The Preservation Services Division came to the rescue as newspapers from Africa needed a brief holdover on their seven-thousand-mile journey to become part of the Library of Congress’ collection.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Management, Collections Storage, Offsite Storage, Preservation, Reformatting, Tangible Media
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
Government offices rely on consistent output from their technology, and sometimes those devices operate long past their expected retirement. One technician reflects as he replaces a printer used for nearly thirteen years.
Posted in: Care and Handling, Preservation Week, Tangible Media
Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
The following is a guest post by Lauren Quackenbush, Librarian-in-Residence, Preservation Division. The Librarian-in-Residence (LIR) program was created in 2018 for newly graduated librarian students to gain invaluable experience at the Library of Congress. LIRs are assigned throughout the Library, this year’s 2023 cohort consisted of 5 recent graduates. As the LIR in Preservation, I …
Posted in: Care and Handling, Collections Care, Collections Management, Conservation, Events & Outreach, Heritage Science, Internships, Preservation, Rare Books and Special Collections, Reformatting, Tangible Media
Posted by: K.F. Shovlin
Though the binding staff at the Library no longer binds items on site, they do conduct a thorough review of each item once it returns from the commercial bindery. This peer-review system provides complete accountability and quality assurance for over 2,000 items each week.
Posted in: Collections Care, Collections Management, Preservation, Reformatting, Tangible Media, Tools of the Trade
Posted by: Aaron D. Chaletzky
This is a joint post by Aaron Chaletzky and Gabrielle Alongi. This past June, the Preservation Services Division (PSD) took on a new Preservation Intern: Gabrielle Alongi. Gabrielle is currently enrolled in the Information Sciences program at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She comes to PSD with an interest in digital library and management work, …
Posted in: Born Digital, Collections Care, Collections Management, Conservation, Internships, Preservation, Reformatting, Tangible Media, Uncategorized
Posted by: Bobbi Hinton
How do we preserve open reel audio tapes? How quickly are they breaking down? Recently published work from a collaborative study between scientists at the Library and colleagues at FUJIFILM shows that many of these historic tapes are likely sticking around for a while.
Posted in: Music, Preservation, Sound Recordings, Tangible Media